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Paying a visit to the sorcerer, he finds himself in a cavernous chamber, a fear-inspiring scene buttressed by the lurking form of the sorcerer. "What do you want," bellows the shadowy figure as he stirs a bubbling cauldron. "I'll take anything I can get without a prescription," whimpers the puckish Allen...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee iii, | Title: Giving Dr. Reuben the Finger | 9/25/1972 | See Source »

When the scene switches to the Queen's chamber, Allen manages to slip her the sorcerer's portion and she soons drags him to the bed. But upon disrobing her. Allen finds she's wearing a chastity belt. Exhorting himself to find the key he says...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee iii, | Title: Giving Dr. Reuben the Finger | 9/25/1972 | See Source »

...capital punishment, Californians at least may feel justified in claiming that the high judges are acting against the popular will. A Mervin Field California Poll disclosed last week that the death penalty is growing rather than receding in popularity. Fully 66% of Californians now favor use of the gas chamber for those who commit serious crimes, while only 24% oppose it and 10% are undecided. That is an increase of 17% in pro-death sentiment since the first such sounding in 1956 and an increase of 8% since last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: The Popular Death Penalty | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

About 30 minutes later Owens entered the Council chamber. he said he was late because he had been waiting for a telephone call from Johnson in Kansas City...

Author: By Leo FJ. Wilking, | Title: The City Council's Summer of Discontent | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...Miami Beach the conventions brought not citywide prosperity but a slump in business. The number of politicians attending the conventions did not make up for the number of regular tourists who stayed away. Says Leonard ("Doc") Baker, executive director of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce: "Tourists read about the demonstrations, and that frightened them off." Overall hotel bookings in Miami Beach were off 5% to 10% from last summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENTERPRISE: Political Non-Payoff | 9/4/1972 | See Source »

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